New York: Life Publishing Company, 1899. Vol. XXXIV, No. 893. 4to., 16pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling, some chips to edges. Front cover detached, back cover missing. Measures 11" x 8 3/4". This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name, which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light, general interest entertainment magazine. This issue, like the publication generally, is full of illustrations, jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the..... More

New York: Life Publishing Company, 1899. Vol. XXXIII, No. 858. 4to., 17pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling. Measures 11" x 8 3/4". This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name, which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light, general interest entertainment magazine. This issue, like the publication generally, is full of illustrations, jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society, literature, politics, and drama. It opens with..... More

Boston: John Folsom, 1794. 227pp. 12mo, disbound; (last page loose and chipped with some loss of text, light foxing). Boston: John Folsom, 1794. First American Edition. "Both Swift and Pope ascribe this (work) to Arbuthnot...It is an ingenious and lively attack upon the war policy of the whigs; and, if it wants the force of Swift's profounder satire, it is an admirably effective and still amusing party squib." DNB I, p. 535. Evans 26574. More

New York: Life, 1900. Collection of black-and-white cartoons by Francis Gilbert Attwood. 4to, decorative blue cloth; book is slightly bowed and the covers worn, front hinge beginning. New York: Life Publishing Company, 1900. A very good copy. More

London: Privately Printed, 1817. 3 volumes. Small slim 8vo, attractively bound in older 3/4 polished burgundy calf over marbled boards; gilt spines with green leather labels (lightly worn), t.e.g. London: Privately Printed for the author, 1817. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this exceedingly scarce title. More

London: Heinemann, 1947. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. 252 pages, slim small 8vo, 3/4 orange calf (spine slightly toned, very light rubbing of extremities) over marbled boards, decoratively gilt stamped spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. London: Heinemann, 1947. A near fine copy. More

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1931. Translated and Edited by Theodore Wesley Koch. Illustrated by Jose Longoria. 145pp. 8vo, decorative blue cloth. Chicago: (Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company), 1931. Limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 260, signed by the translator. Fine. More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911. With an Introductory Essay on Pictorial Satire as a Factor in Napoleonic History by J. Holland Rose. Numerous illustrations with many in full color. Volume II only. Thick 8vo, gilt decorated red cloth. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911. Very Good (+). Volume II is devoted to European caricatures, including sections on French, Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian, German, and Russian, with a section on Napoleonic caricatures in pottery and porcelain. Extensive appendices contain..... More

London: Sam Briscoe, 1720. With Mr. Brown's Legacy for the Ladies, or Characters of the Women of the Age...Engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, woodcut decorations on chapter headings, 340pp., thick 12mo, rebound in full maroon calf, gilt-stamped raised bands; (corners a bit rubbed, ex-libris label on fly-leaf). London: Sam Briscoe, 1720. Very good (+). More

Bureau d'Information Anglo-Americain, 1943. In french. 12 anti-Nazi illustrations by Emmett. Extracts of Mein Kampf. 35 pages. Thin pamphlet, swastika-marked spine. Bureau d'Information Anglo-Americain, (1943). A very good (+) copy. More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 2 volumes, large 8vos, vellum spines and tips (vellum a bit dust soiled), faux parchment boards, top edges gilt, housed in tan cloth slipcase. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. A very good(+) set. Limited edition; number 246 of 500 copies. The first edition in an all English text. More

London: T. Tegg, 1800. Etching with hand coloring. Image measures 9 1/2" x 13", sheet measures 10 3/4" x 15 3/4 This caricature depicts William Pitt the Younger with some accomplices (including Henry Dundas and William Grenville) exiting an arched doorway, presumed to be the Treasury, with moneybags. The thieves, which include Charles Fox, glance to their left, where the watchman is seen sleeping. Shows some light staining at margins, not affecting the image. Minor wrinkling to page. Chips to..... More